Barge hits bridge in Texas, damaging structure and causing oil spill
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to the oil spill, and will determine its extent and initiate "containment and cleanup processes."
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Massive oil spill near Trinidad and Tobago blamed on barge being tugged
Officials determined that the barge and a tug boat were traveling from Panama to the South American nation of Guyana.
Mystery ship capsizes in Caribbean Sea, creating massive oil spill
Crews are racing to clean up the oil spill after the vessel ran aground in the Caribbean with no sign of crew and no clear sign of ownership.
Source of 1.1 million gallons of oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico remains mystery
Officials have yet to find the source of the oil spill, which has left chunky globules and long slicks near a 67-mile-long pipeline system off the coast of Louisiana.
Oil finally being pumped off tanker decaying perilously off Yemen coast
After years of warnings of a potential disaster, more than 1.1M barrels of oil is finally being siphoned off the FSO Safer.
U.N. rushing to prevent "one of the worst oil spills" in history
The massive supertanker with more than 1 million barrels of oil on board could "spontaneously explode or break apart at any moment," the United Nations warns.
West Virginia train derailment leaks diesel, oil into protected river
The portion of the New River impacted by the train derailment is part of a national park, and is believed to be older than the Appalachians.
State of emergency after California oil spill
A state of emergency has been declared along the Southern California coast after an offshore oil pipeline leaked into the Pacific Ocean. Lilia Luciano has the latest.
Container ships probed in California oil spill
New underwater video shows a small crack in an oil pipeline off the coast of Southern California. It's still unclear how the leak started. Carter Evans has more.
Keystone Pipeline back up and running after oil spill in rural Kansas creek
The spill resulted in about 14,000 barrels of oil leaking out, the largest spill in the pipeline's history.
Keystone Pipeline oil spill under investigation
The cause of a Keystone Pipeline oil spill is under investigation after it spewed an estimated 590,000 gallons into a creek in rural Kansas last week. The environmental disaster may impact gas prices. Omar Villafranca has more details.
Keystone pipeline: A history of spills
The latest spill in Kansas unleashed more than an estimated half-million gallons into the surrounding area — more than all the crude oil pipeline spills in 2021 combined, according to federal data.
Keystone oil pipeline leak in Kansas
Cleanup has begun after the largest onshore oil spill in the U.S. in nearly a decade. The leak from the Keystone pipeline dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil in northeastern Kansas. CBS News' Tony Dokoupil and Lilia Luciano have more.
Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history
A ruptured section of the Keystone Oil Pipeline dumped nearly 600,000 gallons of crude oil into a Kansas creek. The Environmental Protection Agency says no drinking water was affected — but nearby residents are complaining of a strong odor.
Major oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline
"People are sometimes not aware of the havoc that these things can wreak until the disaster happens," said Sierra Club lobbyist.
Americans among dozens held hostage by Indigenous group in Amazon
One captive said the hostage-takers were demanding "medical help and clean water and food" after an oil spill in the area "contaminated the wells and river."
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Ship spills huge amount of fuel near endangered orcas in Washington
A protected species of killer whale lives in the now-polluted waters around San Juan Island.
U.N. wants your help defusing "ticking time bomb" of decaying oil tanker
Officials say a fragile ceasefire in Yemen's civil war is a chance to move 1 million barrels of crude off a decrepit oil tanker in the Red Sea, but they need cash.
California oil leak investigation continues
Crews on and offshore are continuing to work along Huntington Beach to clean up one of the largest oil spills the area has ever seen. A group of residents and businesses have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging their health and economy will suffer from the spill and Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Orange County. Lilia Luciano reports.
11/7/2021: The Second Amendment Preservation Act, The Longest Running Oil Spill, Carnegie Heroes
New Missouri state law effectively ends local enforcement of federal gun laws; Containing the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history; What's in the heads of heroes?
3 companies charged with negligence in Southern California oil spill
The charge could cost each accused company millions of dollars.
Coast Guard says no oil observed after sheen was reported near previous spill
The sheen was reported in the same area as the damaged pipeline that caused the Huntington Beach oil spill last month.
Containing the Taylor Energy Oil Spill
A Louisiana firm has developed a ground-breaking containment system for the U.S. Coast Guard that has captured more than 800,000 gallons leaking from the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
Containing the Taylor Energy Oil Spill
A Louisiana firm has developed a ground-breaking containment system for the U.S. Coast Guard that has captured more than 800,000 gallons leaking from the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
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